[K-Drama]: 3 things "Graceful Family" does not have but makes Korean audiences love

Sep 15, 2019

The film is about the hard-to-be-indispensable heiress of Korea - Mo Suk Hee (Im Soo Hyang) and the enthusiastic lawyer, but little experience Heo Yoon Do (Lee Jang Woo) confronts a former judge. , who gave up his career to become a pawn for the kings - Han Jae Gook (Bae Jong Ok). To put it simply, Jae Gook is the one who specializes in hushing up the scandals that can happen around the life of the playboys of the 1% family who controls the Korean economy.

Mo Seok Hee is an only child and her father runs the large company MC Group. She is beautiful, smart and rich. Mo Seok Hee appears like she is arrogant, but she struggles over her mother's death. Her mother was killed 15 years ago. Heo Yoon Do is a lawyer, but he doesn't even have an office. He solves small problems of neighborhood residents at a restaurant. He is full of love. Miraculously, Heo Yoon Do is headhunted to join the TOP team at MC Group. The TOP team manages the affairs of the family who runs the MC Group. Their job includes covering up immoral or illegal behaviors done by the family. Han Je Kook heads the TOP team. Mo Seok Hee and Heo Yoon Do work together to reveal the truth of what happened when Mo Seok Hee’s mother was killed.

After four episodes aired, Graceful Family earned 3.7% of viewership for episode 4. It was also ranked third on the list of "15 most viewed content of the week" by Nielsen Korea. This is an impressive achievement for a drama that has only aired for the first 4 episodes, has never entered a period of climax or a conflict between characters, etc. So the charm of the drama where does this come from and can make Korean audiences love?

1. There is no luxury in the world of "Chaebol"

Chaebol is a noun that refers to Korean heirs of the second, or third generation. These are born in wealth. Having parents, or grandparents who are already tycoons, they live in luxury, and the only task is to study well to develop their family's fortunes

4 điều Graceful Family không có nhưng lại khiến khán giả Hàn Quốc điên đảo - Ảnh 4.

Many people believe that the "Chaebol" was born at "the finish line". But in "Graceful Family", we see that the "finish line" that ordinary people are talking about here, is actually just the starting line of the heirs. Young, typical moves in "Graceful Family" from a young age have faced many problems that no ordinary person's childhood has to go through.

Suk Hee was banned from returning home for 15 years because he didn't want his daughter to meet his grandfather. Upon returning, Suk Hee was surprised to realize that he had another 14-year-younger brother, calmly living in the house. The young Suk Jin did not even hide his identity as a lover's child. That is, in addition to the second wife of the head of the family, the father of the Mo family has a few more lovers. Whoever has children, that person is recognized.

2. There are no superfluous characters

Meaning the Graceful Family contains a cast of characters, each of whom has their own motivations, not those around them with no purpose.

Despite being taken to New York by his family to live 15 years after his mother died, Mo Suk Hee still lives well without falling into a depraved lifestyle. From a fledgling girl who only cried, Suk Hee learned how to protect herself, even how to act extremely cunning. She deceived a whole system of experienced former security guards to successfully return to Korea without a hitch. Even a professional surveillance apparatus like the FBI could not stop Suk Hee's steps to find him back to his grandfather. After living for a long time under control and control, Suk Hee learned how to fight back to seek and protect a certain justice of her own.

Heo Yoon Do is a motivating lawyer. You can stand before a mountain of money but still maintain integrity. The motivation of the young lawyer is that in the past, he witnessed his father being unfairly treated by the law. Han Jae Gook is willing to do illegal things just to keep his "clients" out of scandals. This woman had a belief that her system was a lifeline for a series of young heirs, who were truly important to the nation.

Suk Hee

Yoon Do

Han Jae Gook

3. No circling scenarios, boring

The Graceful Family is receiving very positive feedback from the Korean audience thanks to the script direction for each episode, which has a novelty, but contains a very positive message. Mo Suk Hee is like a "heroine". Returning from Korea, she teamed up with the young lawyer Heo Yoon Do, fought against Han Jae Gook's dirty tricks, and started using the money that Chaebol was wasting money on for better purposes. In Episode 2, Suk He used his position, earned 1 billion Won and gave it to a poor worker, deceived by the labor union system of MC Group.

In episode 3, Suk Hee overcomes his own fears and escapes from confinement with the help of lawyer Heo Yoon Do. President Wang - Suk Hee's grandfather wakes up from a coma and gives Suk Hee a gift. This item helped her become one of the largest shareholders of the group, preventing the plot to take over Mo Chul Hee's group - Suk Hee's father and judge Han Jae Gook.